Viking spacecraft on corrected course to Mars launch
The Viking mission speeds toward Mars after off course launch. Officials plan a Wednesday burn to adjust its trajectory toward a planned July 4 Mars landing. By Saturday noon it had traveled about 748,627 miles at 10,424 mph.
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West Texas dig claims oldest horsemeat evidence
Archaeologists Eileen Johnson and husband report finding horsebone remains dating 9 000 to 12 000 years ago at Lake Lubbock. The Clovis Man site at Lub bock Lake Site also yields bone artifacts and hints of Folsom Man levels, marking a rich prehistoric record in West Texas.
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Granny Outspits Em All in Georgia Tobacco Contest
Flint Michigan grandmother Marie Davidek, 71, won a tobacco spitting contest at the Georgia Mountain Fair, beating a local mountain man by about three feet. She avoids tobacco, plans to return to gardening and sewing, and says she would do it again.
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